FRONTIER AIRLINES INC /CO/
SC 13D/A, 1999-03-02
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                        
                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)
                                        
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 5)
                                        
                             Frontier Airlines, Inc
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                                (Name of Issuer)
                                        
                          Common Stock, $.001 Par Value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)
                                        
                                    359065109
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                                 (CUSIP Number)
                                        
                          Wendy Schnipper Clayton, Esq.
                           DDJ Capital Management, LLC
                           141 Linden Street, Suite 4
                            Wellesley, MA  02482-7910
                                  781-283-8500
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 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
                                 communications)
                                        
                                February 19, 1999
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             (Date of Event which Requires filing of this Statement)
                                        
 If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
  the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
  schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box [   ].
                                        
                         (Continued on following pages)
                                        
                               (Page 1 of 8 Pages)

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        PAGE 2 OF 8 PAGES


1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR  I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     DDJ Capital Management, LLC
     04-3300754
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
     SEE ITEM #5                             (a) [ X ]
                                             (b) [    ]
3    SEC USE ONLY
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     OO
5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
     2(d) or 2(e)                            [     ]
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts

NUMBER OF           7         SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                        4,451,129
BENEFICIALLY        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH                9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                     4,451,129
PERSON WITH         10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     4,451,129
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
     [     ]
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     29.24%
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     IA
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
                                        
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        PAGE 3 OF 8 PAGES




1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR  I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     B III Capital Partners, L.P.
     04-3341099
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
     SEE ITEM #5                             (a) [ X ]
                                             (b) [    ]
3    SEC USE ONLY
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     WC
5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
     2(d) or 2(e)                            [     ]
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     Delaware

NUMBER OF           7         SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                        4,451,129
BENEFICIALLY        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH                9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                     4,451,129
PERSON WITH         10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     4,451,129
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
     [     ]
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     29.24%
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     PN
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

                                        
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        PAGE 4 OF 8 PAGES




1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR  I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     DDJ Capital III, LLC
     04-3317544
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
     SEE ITEM #5                             (a) [ X ]
                                             (b) [    ]
3    SEC USE ONLY
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     OO
5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
     2(d) or 2(e)                            [     ]
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     Delaware

NUMBER OF           7         SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                        4,451,129
BENEFICIALLY        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH                9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                     4,451,129
PERSON WITH         10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     4,451,129
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
     [     ]
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     29.24%
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     OO
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        PAGE 5 OF 8 PAGES

ITEM 1.   SECURITY AND ISSUER:

     This Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 5") should be read in
conjunction with the Schedule 13D dated April 24, 1998 ("Schedule 13D"),
Amendment No. 1 dated May 25, 1998 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2 dated
May 25, 1998 ("Amendment No. 2"), Amendment No. 3 dated November 6, 1998
("Amendment No. 3") and Amendment No. 4 dated December 1, 1998 ("Amendment No.
4) each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by DDJ Capital
Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company, and certain
affiliates.  This Amendment No. 5 amends the Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1,
Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 only with respect to those
items listed below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto on the Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1,
Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3 or Amendment No. 4.

     This filing of Amendment No. 5 is not, and should be deemed to be, an
admission that the Schedule 13D or any Amendment thereto is required to be
filed.

     This statement relates to shares of the common stock, $.001 par value (the
"Shares") of Frontier Airlines, Inc. (the "Company").  The principal executive
offices of the Company are located at 12015 East 46th Avenue, Suite 200, Denver,
CO  80239.

ITEM 3.   SOURCES AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION:

     Item 3 is amended by adding the following:

     Shares purchased and/or sold by the Funds since December 19, 1998 are set
forth on the attached Schedule B.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        PAGE 6 OF 8 PAGES


ITEM 5.   INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF ISSUER:

     Paragraph (a) in Item 5 is deleted in its entirety and amended as set forth
below:

     (a)  The Fund beneficially owns, and DDJ Capital III, LLC and DDJ
beneficially own as general partner and investment manager, respectively, of the
Fund, 4,451,129 shares of Common Stock (including the warrants to purchase
716,929 shares of common stock, see Item 3), or approximately 29.24% of the
outstanding Shares of the Company.


ITEM 7.   MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS:

     Not Applicable.
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        PAGE 7 OF 8 PAGES



                                   Signature:
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     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


DDJ CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC


By:  / s / Wendy Schnipper Clayton
     -------------------------------------------
     Wendy Schnipper Clayton
     Attorney-In-Fact*


*Limited Power of Attorney filed with the SEC on July 29, 1998.


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO. 359065109                        Page 8 of 8 Pages
                                        
                                        
                                   SCHEDULE B
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Frontier Airlines, Inc.
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     Set forth below is an itemization of all purchases and sales of Shares of
Common Stock since December 19, 1998.  The transactions were made for cash in
open market transactions.

          TYPE:
          PURCHASE                       AGGREGATE
DATE      OR SALE        SHARES              PRICE



01/29/99  SALE         (90,000)        $699,354.68
02/01/99  SALE         (10,000)         $81,822.26
02/02/99  SALE          (5,000)         $42,811.07
02/03/99  SALE         (12,000)        $102,686.56
02/04/99  SALE          (7,500)         $61,872.93
02/19/99  SALE        (103,800)        $908,269.58
02/22/99  SALE         (28,000)        $268,401.82
02/23/99  SALE          (8,500)         $80,932.44
02/24/99  SALE          (1,000)          $9,719.67





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